Alderman accused of DUI won't testify

March 09, 2009

Six weeks after her drunken driving arrest on the Far North Side, Ald. Sharon Dixon (24th) refused to testify in court today at a Daley Center hearing where she sought to regain her driver's license.Dixon, whose license was automatically suspended Jan. 21 when she declined to take a Breathalyzer test, was in court Monday attempting to overturn the suspension and briefly took the stand. Her attorney, Howard Frank, argued Dixon was improperly arrested.

"I decline to testify on the advice of my attorney," Dixon replied when a prosecutor asked if Jan. 20 was Inauguration Day.